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← THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,749,831
Total expenses
$5,141,705
Contributions and grants received
$5,777,133
Grants paid
$813,429
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$72,762
Other revenue
-$100,064
Total assets, end of year
$4,711,913
Total liabilities, end of year
$249,902
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,462,011
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,137,101
Management and general expenses
$417,848
Fundraising expenses
$586,756
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,137,101

Program services were 80.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $297,602

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,049,707

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,429,824

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $144,222

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $77,496 · excluded $77,496

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,734

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,734

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,734 · excluded -$4,734

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $133,570

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $297,602

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $262,757

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$129,187 · excluded -$129,187

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $29,123 · related or exempt $29,123

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,123

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $531,056 · program services $531,056

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $282,373 · program services $282,373

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $402,056 · program services $306,336 · management and general $36,497 · fundraising $59,223

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,554,862 · program services $1,184,684 · management and general $141,145 · fundraising $229,033

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $56,306 · program services $42,901 · management and general $5,111 · fundraising $8,294

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $757,336 · program services $577,031 · management and general $68,748 · fundraising $111,557

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $169,895 · program services $129,447 · management and general $15,422 · fundraising $25,026

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,730 · program services $4,879 · management and general $663 · fundraising $1,188

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,369 · program services $37,962 · management and general $5,161 · fundraising $9,246

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $756,706 · program services $611,169 · management and general $83,091 · fundraising $62,446

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $193 · program services $108 · management and general $33 · fundraising $52

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $143,018 · program services $90,370 · management and general $24,791 · fundraising $27,857

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $33,740 · program services $18,929 · management and general $5,852 · fundraising $8,959

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,012 · program services $22,094 · fundraising $2,918

  • 17 · Travel

    total $300,189 · program services $227,937 · management and general $4,199 · fundraising $68,053

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

    total $57,647 · program services $35,856 · management and general $688 · fundraising $21,103

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND COPYING

    total $35,950 · program services $19,348 · fundraising $16,602

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $35,132 · program services $2,505 · management and general $4,858 · fundraising $27,769

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $34,675 · program services $8,489 · management and general $14,240 · fundraising $11,946

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$93,540 · program services $3,627 · management and general $7,349 · fundraising -$104,516

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $68,560 · end of year $194,203

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,968,867 · end of year $3,155,224

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $940,341 · end of year $1,204,596

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,313 · end of year $79,764

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,616 · end of year $55,135

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $30,597

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $30,597

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $22,168 · end of year $22,991

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $133,216 · end of year $249,902

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $53,161 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,306 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,144,315 · end of year $3,010,053

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,708,867 · end of year $1,451,958

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT CORALS CAN ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS IF IMMEDIATE THREATS ARE REDUCED AND IF WE PROTECT HEALTHY, ECOLOGICALLY CONNECTED NETWORKS OF REEFS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAVING THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS.

  • WESTERN CARIBBEAN: CORAL IS A LEADER IN CORAL REEF CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. THE BIGGEST THREATS IN THE REGION INCLUDE OVERFISHING AND WASTEWATER POLLUTION, AND SO WE FOCUS OUR PROJECTS ON STUDYING THESE ISSUES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCALABLE SOLUTIONS. OUR EFFORTS ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING, BUILDING CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES, AND CREATING RESILIENT ECOSYSTEMS.

    Expenses $1,431,916 · Grants $282,373

  • HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: CORAL HAS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO CORAL REEF PROTECTION IN HAWAII THAT INCLUDES A FOCUS ON LAND-BASED POLLUTION, INCLUDING SEWAGE AND SEDIMENT, AS WELL AS ENSURING COMMUNITIES HAVE SUSTAINABLE FISHING PRACTICES AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MANAGE THESE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS. WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO UNDERSTANDING WATER QUALITY ISSUES FACING CORAL REEFS AND DRIVING SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT OVER 80,000 HOMES IN HAWAII HAVE EFFECTIVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT HAWAIIAN REEFS.

    Expenses $1,590,041 · Grants $529,556

  • GLOBAL CONSERVATION SCIENCE PROGRAM: CORAL'S GLOBAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS INFLUENCING AND LEVERAGING PARTNERS, FIELD WORK, AND TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS. OUR RESEARCH HAS PROVEN THAT CORAL REEFS CAN ADAPT AND WE NEED TO WORK QUICKLY TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL CAPACITY FOR RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT AND POLICY IN AREAS WITH HIGH CORAL BIODIVERSITY.

    Expenses $581,975

  • Expenses $533,169 · Grants $1,500 · Revenue $29,123

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kirby Ryan

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judy McNary

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Jose Gonzalez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Watt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael Bennett

    DIRECTOR (THRU 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauretta Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Chanin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Minarik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Tolonen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • C Elizabeth Wagner

    DIRECTOR (THRU 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Shannon Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Winterhalter

    DIRECTOR (FROM 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lorraine Sciarra

    DIRECTOR (FROM 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Starck

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $231,213
    From this org
    $213,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,488
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,725
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,670
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,818
    Filer's total
    $231,213
  • Amanda Norman

    DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $169,395
    From this org
    $154,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,908
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,487
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,223
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,685
    Filer's total
    $169,395
  • Helen Fox

    GLOBAL CONSERVATION SCIENC

    Total calculated
    $143,817
    From this org
    $138,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,682
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Myton

    CONSERVATION PROGRAM DIREC

    Total calculated
    $141,720
    From this org
    $136,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,576
    Hours/week
    40
  • Manuel Mejia

    ASSOC DIR OF PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $138,666
    From this org
    $124,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,784
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE COMMITTEE GATHERED RECENT DATA FOR COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED ROLES IN SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THEN DETERMINED THE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION AND RECORDED AND MAINTAINED RECORDS OF THOSE DECISIONS.
PART I, LINE 4A
HEIDI MYERS RECEIVED SEVERANCE OF $38,038.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • SUBGRANT IN A GOVERNMENT GRANT AWARD WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS HELPING US REDUCE LAND BASE POLLUTION TO THE BENEFIT OF THE REEFS.

  • SUBGRANT IN A GOVERNMENT GRANT AWARD WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS HELPING US REDUCE LAND BASE POLLUTION TO THE BENEFIT OF THE REEFS.

  • TO SUPPORT SUBGRANTEE'S LO'I KALO RESTORATION, NATIVE PLANT RESTORATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION ("PROJECT PLAN") AND BUDGET ("AUTHORIZED BUDGET") AS DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT A. GRANT FUNDS ARE TO BE USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES AS DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT A.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
24 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601149349301805

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